Davenport



0. H. SGHRAM.

DAVENPORT.

APFLHZATION FILED JUNE 18.

Patented June 29, 1920.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

0. H. SCHRAM.

DAVENPORT.

APPLICAHON FILED JUNE us, 19:11.

1 44,825. Patented June 29, 1920.

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OSCAR HENRY SCI-13AM, 0F OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOB OF ONE-HALF T0 ERNEST SCI-ILERF, OF OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN.

DAVENPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 29, 1920.

Application filed June 18, 1918. Serial No. 240,580.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, 05cm HENRY Scanner, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oshkosh, in the county of Winnebago and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Davenports; and 1 do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in davenports, and has for one of its objects the provision of a closure means adapted to present an even or smooth face to the front edge of the device when in a seat forming position, and which may be readily folded or collapsed when the device is made into a bed.

Another object of this invention is the provision of means for locking the closure means against movement when one of the companion frames has been swung over the other companion frame to formthe davenort.

A further object of this invention is the provision of means whereby bed clothing and the like can be stored in the back of the main frame, and which can be readily removed when the companion frames are in bed-forming position.

A still further object of this invention is the provision of a davenport of the above stated character, which will'be simple, durable and efiicient, and which may be manufactured and sold at a comparatively low cost.

lVith these and other objects in view, as will become more apparent as the description proceeds, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

For a complete understanding of my invention', reference will be had to the following description and accompanying drawin s, in'which:

igure 1 is a front elevation of a davenport constructed in accordance with my invention,

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same,

Fig. 3 is a. fragmentary end elevation,

partly in section, illustrating the form of hinge,

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view on an enlarged scale, illustrating the locking means,

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary view, partly in section, illustrating the companion frame in bed-forming position,

Fig. (3 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view of the back,

Fig. 7 is a detail sectional view of guide brackets carried by the back,

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of one section of a hinge,

Fig. 9 is an end elevation of the same,

Fig. 10 is a perspective view of another section of the hinge.

Referring in detail to the drawings, the numeral 1 indicates as an entirety the main frame of a davenport consisting of the up bolstered back 2, end members 3, and connecting members 4. The main supporting frame of the davenport may be supported in spaced relation to the floor, if desired, by suitable legs 5, however, the device may rest flatly upon the floor by dispensin with the legs. A permanent companion rame 6 is secured to the main frame 1 and to the connecting members 4, and has secured to its upper face woven wire to form a spring 7 when the device is made into a bed. A companion frame 8 is hinged to the forward edge of the main frame by hinges, which will be hereinafter more fully described, and has secured thereto woven wire, forming a bed spring 9, which cooperates with the spring 7 in supporting a mattress or the like when the device is in bed-forming position. An ordinary box spring 10 is located upon the spring 9, and has secured thereto upholstering to form a seat 11 when the companion frame 8 is swung over the companion frame 6 to form the davenport.

Hinge sections 12 are secured to the adja cent faces of the companion frames 8 and 6, and are constructed of angle irons. In each of the hinge sections one end of one flange is continued and bent at a right angle to form an extension 13 while the adjacent end of the other flange is provided with apertures 14 to receive pintles 15 formed upon the ends of bracing rods 16. The bracing rods 16 have their other ends secured to the connecting members 4, as illustrated at 17.

The angle irons 12 and pintles 15 are con.'

nected by plates 18, provided with openings to receive the pintles, and have formed upon their edges supporting flanges l9 and 2H. The supporting flanges differ in length, as clearly illustrated in Fig 3, and have right angled extensions 21 and 22 formed thereon. The flanges 2| upon the extensions 18) are adapted to be engaged by the extensions 13 of the angle irons 12, when the companion frames 8 and G are in bed forming position, as illustrated in Fig. 5, so that the companion frame 8 will be supported in a horizontal position. The flanges 22 upon the extension 20 are adapted to engage the angle irons 12 when the companion frame. 8 is swung over the companion frame 6 to form the davenport, and said flanges 22 support the companion frame 3. relieving the strain upon the pintles.

A member 23 is .aa-ured to the companion frame 3, and is adapted to he covered by the upholstering 1! which forms the seat to the davenport. The member 2? has a losure nieniljler 24 secured thereto by means of a hinge 2.3, and. the closure member consists of sections 26 and 27 connected together by a hinge 28, so that said member can be readily folded upon itself when the com panion frame 8 is swung into a bed-forming position, as illustrated in Fig. 5. When the companion frame 8 is swung over the companion frame 6 to form the seat to the davenport, the closure member 24 is un folded so as to overlie the front of the dawnport, hiding the space between the companion frames as well as the hinges which connect said frames.

A locking means 30 is carried by the main frame of the davenport and located within the companion frame 6, and consists of a bar 31 ivoted at one of its ends to a bracket 32 carried by the main frame, while its opiosite end is connected to a substantially l..-shaped catch 33 by means of a pin and slot connection 34. The catch 33 is pivoted to a bracket 35, and is adapted to engage a keeper 36 carried by the closure member 24 when said closure member is disposed vertically, or covering the front edge of the davenport. The bar 31 has connected thereto a spring 37, which is in turn con nected to the companion frame 6 for normally holding the catch out of the path of the keeper 36 when the device is in bed forming position. An operating member 38 is connected to the bar 31, and extends upwardly through the companion frame (5, and is adapted to be engaged by the companion frame 8 when swung into seat forming position, causing the bar 31 to be rocked on its pivot, movin r the catch 33 into engagement with the keeper 36, locking the closure member 24 against accidental move ment.

The operation of the catch is as follows: hen the device is in bed forming position, the spring 37 pulls the free end of the rod 31 upwardly which end carries or has formed therein the slot 34. As this end of the rod 31 moves upwardly, the eorrespoi'iding end of the member 133 is moved upwardly causing the angularly related end of said member 33 to be swung downwardly away from the keeper 36. As soon as the device is made into bed forming position, the weight of the seat portion on the member 38 forces the member 31 downwardly causing the angularly related end of the catch member 33 to move upwardly and engage the keeper 36.

The back 2 of the main frame of the davenport consists of a front wall 3). a rear wall 40 and end walls 4t. The upper end of the front wall 39 is pivoted to the upper ends of the end walls H. as shown at 42. and is adapted to extend downwardly and forwardly to form a storing space between the front and rear walls of the hack 2. The front wall 39 of the back 2 is adapted to be covered with upholstcring to correspond with the upholstering 11, formin r the daven port, shown in Fig. l. A wire catch 43 of any desired construction is carried by the companion frame 6 and located within the space of the back 2 for the purpose of supporting bed clothing vertically within said space, and which permits the bed clothing to be readily removed therefrom when the front wall 39 is swung upwardly upon its pivot 42 after the companion frame 8 has been swung into bed-forming position.

The catch 43 is adapted to support the lower edge of bed clothin placed within the back of the davenport %y enga ing the lower edges of said bed clothing w ich are disposed vertically prevcntin the lower edges moving away from the Track wall of the davenport.

The closure member 44 is secured to the upper edge of the rear wall 40 of the back 2 by a hinge 45, and overlies the upper edge of the front wall 39 as shown in Fig. 3. Brackets 46 are secured to the inner face of the closure member 44, and are provided with offset portions 47 on which rollers or pins 48 ride, and said pins 48 are carried by the upper ends of arms 49. The other ends of the arms 49 are pivoted to arms 50, which are in turn pivoted within cutout portions 51 formed on the inner face of the front wall 39. The arms 49 work within guide brackets 52 and 53, secured to the end walls 41. The guide brackets 52 and 53 are adapted to limit the movement of the arms 49, during the swing ipg movement of the closure member 44. en thedcvioe has been made into a bed, and it is desired to remove the bed clothing from the space between the front and rear walls 39 and 40, the closure member 44 is swung upon its hinge 45, causing the lower ends of the arms 49 to move in the direction of the front 39, forcing said wall outwardly and upwardly upon its pivot 42 by the arms 50, thus exposing the bed clothing stored within the back 2.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of my invention, it will be understood that minor changes in construction, combination and arrangement of parts may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A davenport including a main frame and companion frames, angle iron members secured to the companion frames, right angle extensions formed on said angle irons, said angle irons having openings therein, reinforcing rods carried by said companion frame, pintles formed upon said reinforcing rods and received within the openings of the angle irons, plates having openings to receive said pintles for connecting the angle irons to form a bin e, and extensions formed on said plates an differing in length for engagement with the extensions and the angle irons when the companion frame occupies bed or seat-forming position.

2. A davenport including a main frame and companion frames carried thereby,

an actuatin means hinging said companion frames together permittin them to be either swung into seat or bedorming positions, a closure member adapted to overlie the hinging means and the space between the companion frames when said frames are in seat-forming position, a keeper carried by said closure member, a bar pivoted to the main frame, a substantially L-shaped catch pivoted to the main frame and pivotally and slidably connected to the bar, tension means connected to said bar for normally holding the catch out of the path of the keeper, and member connected to the bar and extending through one of the companion frames and adapted to be engaged by the other companion frame when swung into seat-forming position to lock the closure member against movement.

3. A davenport including companion frames, pintles secured to said frames, plates having opening in their ends receiving the pintles, right angled extensions formed on the edges of the plates and differing in len h, and flanges formed on the ends of sai extensions to engage the frames.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

OSCAR HENRY SCHRAM.

Witnesses:

A. W. KERST, FRANK B. KEEFE. 

